As India's commercial and finance capital, Mumbai City has seen tremendous amount of growth during the last few years.

Unfortunately, the demands on Mumbai's civic infrastructure have not kept pace with this growth and it's citizen's expectations and aspirations of a world class Mumbai metropolis.

As part of personal civic community efforts, Kaytek's Consulting Director has had some personal experiences in working on an honorary basis with local citizens, NGO's (Non-Governmental Bodies) and citizen communities who trying to tackle Mumbai's multiple civic infastructure issues and problems.

Some of our experiences,thoughts and resources on how to help Mumbai evolve into a decent liveable efficiently managed city are published in this section.

Importance of MCGM & Associated Civic Groups

As one of India's richest Municipal Bodies, MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) has a large annual expenditure budget with a healthy annual growth.

In stark contrast, the compensation paid to municipal corporators in Mumbai is a pittance.

This is one of the possible causes of large scale corruption leading to a poor quality of infrastructure in Mumbai.

Can Mumbai's Citizens fund their Corporator's expenses ? This would reduce their motivation to fund personal and party coffers with illegal public funds. This suggestion caused a lot of debate amongst citizen groups. (12th May 2007)

Who is the true hero (or heroine) in a democratic election process ? (8th February 2007)

For Maharashtra (including Mumbai) citizens only - How to check your name in the electoral voting records. (7th February 2007)

A Community Website Can Make A Difference in Local Elections

Mumbai JVPD (Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme) North West ALM (Advanced Locality Management) was set up to effectively tackle the problems being faced by the citizens as regards the civic facilities. It was a useful interface between citizens, political parties and municipal agencies. (31st January 2007)